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Thanks all for your votes and comments.
My first submission with the 7D MkII.
I originally submitted this image without any added noise, but continued to play around with it and felt that this version with added noise had more of an industrial feel to it. Without the noise, the image felt a bit too "clean" to me. Maybe on reflection it was an erroneous decision, but these are the small changes and differences of opinion that make this hobby so interesting and challenging.
gyaban - congratulations on yet another blue and thanks for taking the time to comment on mine. BTW, I finnished the whole bag of nuts in one sitting - once you start on them, there's no stopping.

Yay for nutcrackers! You made me hungry, I really need to find one of those giant peanuts. Anyway, great work, I personally don't mind the grain at all, it quite adds to the mood. Congrats on the nice finish.